Re: Sendmail woes (was: make anacron a base package)
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On 31 Mar 1999 17:25:41 -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
>> According to the accepted definition, it is.
>How can something be drop-in if it doesn't understand the existing
>setup and can't provide the same services as the existing item? I
>don't think that any definition allows a "drop-in" to be incompatible
>with the existing setup.
The accepted definition of "drop-in" is that the program offers all the
functionality to other programs on the same system as the previous offering
did. This is the defitinion that has been in use for years when related to
many different programs. It has *NEVER* refered to using the same
configuration files.
>> No, it isn't.
>Why not?
Because .cf *IS* and a good portion of cf is still in m4. To be able to
fully configure Sendmail one *must* know cf.
>> It certainly isn't an improvement of cf, that much is certain.
>And why is that?
See above. It is just another layer of abstraction trying to hide how
hidious the configuration really is. m4 is like Win31 was to DOS. Just
because you know Win31(m4) doesn't mean you know DOS(cf). And tell me,
which one does Sendmail read DIRECTLY. CF. Thank you, case closed.
>How is somebody going to find out, or care, that m4 is being run back
>behind the scenes someplace?
When it fails to do what they need or when it breaks.
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